[CH] Fw: Should I give up on Capsicums?
David Cook (zeb@austin.rr.com)
Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:05:05 -0600
Okay, I pulled this off rec.gardens.edible. Since I don't know Australian
climate from jack, I'm hoping one of our fine and somewhat more local
posters can help him. Mr. Bailes?
David Cook
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au>
Newsgroups: rec.gardens.edible
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 8:05 PM
Subject: Should I give up on Capsicums?
>
> I live in a sub -tropical climate here in Australia and my vegie garden is
> of the raised bed variety. During the spring and summer months, I grow
> (amongst other things ) capsicum, eggplant and tomatoes in the same garden
> bed. I get nice crops of tomatos and eggplant - abundant and well
developed
> fruit --- BUT the capsicums are always stunted, their fruit small and thin
> walled. I also have trouble with fruit fly which are a severe problem to
the
> capsicum and tomato - but for some reason leave the eggplant alone. In
spite
> of the fruit flies, I always manage to get some tomatoes -- but with the
> capsicum , the fruit fall when they are still very small (affected by the
> fly) and those that do manage to get close to maturity without being
struck
> by the fly are hardly worth playing with because they are small, thin
walled
> and bitter.
>
> These capsicum are the ones that the various garden centres and
supermarkets
> sell as seedings in small punnets -- I am starting to wonder whether it is
> simply the wrong kind of variety for my garden (akthough that is what the
> gardening places ALL sell).
>
> How can tomatos and eggplant grow so well -while in the same bed , these
> capsicums consistently fail. As far as I can see, the growing conditions
> favoured by all 3 species are very similar.
>
> Thanks
>
> Barry
> --
> My website at http://www.powerup.com.au/~baz is all about the area in
which
> I live - From Brisbane to the Gold Coast, Queensland (and a bit more)
>
>